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Refinery29 seeks senior work and money editor

Refinery29 is the leading media and entertainment company focused on women with a global audience footprint of 249 million across all platforms. Through a variety of lifestyle stories, original video programming, social, shareable content, and live experiences, Refinery29 provides its audience with the inspiration and tools to discover and pursue a more independent, stylish, and informed life. Please visit www.refinery29.com, www.refinery29.com/en-ca, www.refinery29.uk and www.refinery29.de for more information and to browse content.

About the team:

The Work & Money vertical is in search of a Senior Editor to manage day-to-day assigning and editing on topics including careers, personal finance, and tech. We’re looking for someone who is as passionate about fighting the gender wage gap as they are about knowing Oprah’s net worth, is obsessed with how social media is impacting our lives and finds joy in talking about compound interest. The Senior Editor will be vital in shaping the creative direction of this vertical and recognizes the importance of providing our readers with service-minded coverage alongside trending news stories that take a deeper look at millennial money and career trends.

What you’ll do:

Assign and edit 8+ stories/day on a mix of pre-planned evergreen service stories, trending tech and work & money news, op-eds, and personal essays.
Edit the work of junior staffers, and bring influencers and experts into the mix through first-person contributions and collaborations.
Generate story ideas, including daily news, features, packaged service, longform, video, and multimedia stories
Work closely with Work & Money Director to develop the voice of the section and constantly challenge the team to conceive and execute smart and shareable content for millennial-minded women
Monitor daily traffic goals and make quick, real-time pivots to help us hit monthly goals

What you have:

Bachelor’s Degree
Positive, intuitive/proactive, and collaborative team player
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong copy editing skills
Knowledge of SEO best practices
Superior judgment and discretion

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.